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Florida Panthers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 4, 2026

Final· PPG Paints Arena
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FLA
4
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PIT
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Goals123TShots123T
FLA2024FLA761023
PIT2619PIT918431
FLA 41PIT 63
FLA 1.68PIT 3.94
PP goals
FLA 0PIT 3
Hits
FLA 18PIT 10
Blocks
FLA 14PIT 11
PIM
FLA 11PIT 5
FLA 46%PIT 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Florida Panthers 9–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Florida Panthers 9–4 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.

  1. Points
    Evgeni Malkin had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 18:52.Malkin
  2. Points
    Erik Karlsson had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 20:30.Karlsson
  3. Points
    A.J. Greer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:04.Greer
  4. Points
    Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:12.Mantha
  5. Points
    Elmer Soderblom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:18.Soderblom
  6. Points
    Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:19.Rakell
  7. Points
    Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:32.Crosby
  8. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.MalkinCrosbyKarlssonRustRakell

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, FLA at PIT: 104 attempts, 54 on goal, 13 goals, 5.62 expected goals; best chance A.J. Greer at 0.44 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← FLA attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · PIT 63 · FLA 41

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, FLA at PIT: expected goals 3.94 to 1.68 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 41, 13 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdPITFLAAKGJMMMSRSMGSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITFLAcontrol2nd3rdAcciari · 1st 0:20Karlsson · 1st 5:06Greer · 1st 7:10Jones · 1st 14:31Mantha · 2nd 1:51Malkin · 2nd 5:51Malkin · 2nd 8:27Soderblom · 2nd 9:53Rakell · 2nd 17:48Shea · 2nd 18:07Malkin · 3rd 3:30Gregor · 3rd 8:02Samoskevich · 3rd 10:46
  • PIT pressure
  • FLA pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 18% of the game, PIT 59%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, FLA at PIT: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Arturs Silovs (60:00) for PIT and Daniil Tarasov (30:07) for FLA, 13 goals.

PIT
FLA
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against FLA skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the PIT side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, PIT rows versus FLA columns: 250 matchups; most common Acciari vs Verhaeghe, 12:12 at 83% xGF.

PIT ↓ · FLA →GreerLuostarinenSamoskevichTkachukBennettVerhaegheNosekBoqvistGregorReinhardtKuninSchwindtJonesSebrangoForslingBenningHovorkaBjornfotL1 MalkinL1 RakellL1 NovakL2 DewarL2 AcciariL2 SoderblomL3 CrosbyL3 ChinakhovL3 RustL4 ManthaL4 KindelL4 BrazeauD1 LetangD1 GirardD2 SheaD2 CliftonD3 KarlssonD3 Wotherspoon
PIT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatFLAPIT
4865
2.003.90
1.973.80
713
22
2331
−0.039+0.040
18%59%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Florida Panthers

Current FLA line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 0:20
    PITNoel Acciari (Elmer Soderblom, Erik Karlsson)backhand0.22 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Jones, Bennett, Tkachuk, SebrangoPIT: Karlsson, Wotherspoon, Acciari, Dewar, Soderblom
    FLA 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 5:06
    PITErik KarlssonPP (Sidney Crosby, Egor Chinakhov)slap0.07 xG
    FLA: Jones, Nosek, Greer, SebrangoPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, Chinakhov
    FLA 0 – 2 PIT
  3. 7:10
    FLAA.J. Greer (Cole Reinhardt, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.44 xG
    FLA: Jones, Greer, Luostarinen, Reinhardt, SebrangoPIT: Malkin, Rakell, Clifton, Novak, Shea
    FLA 1 – 2 PIT
  4. 14:31
    FLASeth Jones (Cole Schwindt)slap0.03 xG
    FLA: Jones, Kunin, Reinhardt, Schwindt, SebrangoPIT: Rakell, Clifton, Novak, Shea, Brazeau
    FLA 2 – 2 PIT

2nd period

  1. 1:51
    PITAnthony Manthawrist0.06 xG
    FLA: Nosek, Forsling, Gregor, Boqvist, BenningPIT: Clifton, Mantha, Shea, Brazeau, Kindel
    FLA 2 – 3 PIT
  2. 5:51
    PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.10 xG
    FLA: Jones, Forsling, Greer, LuostarinenPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell
    FLA 2 – 4 PIT
  3. 8:27
    PITEvgeni Malkin (Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell)tip-in0.43 xG
    FLA: Jones, Greer, Luostarinen, Sebrango, SamoskevichPIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Rakell, Novak, Wotherspoon
    FLA 2 – 5 PIT
  4. 9:53
    PITElmer Soderblom (Connor Dewar)tip-in0.14 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Tkachuk, Bjornfot, HovorkaPIT: Letang, Acciari, Girard, Dewar, Soderblom
    FLA 2 – 6 PIT
  5. 17:48
    PITRickard RakellPP (Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson)backhand0.14 xG
    FLA: Bennett, Forsling, Tkachuk, HovorkaPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell
    FLA 2 – 7 PIT
  6. 18:07
    PITRyan Shea (Samuel Girard, Anthony Mantha)wrist0.06 xG
    FLA: Nosek, Gregor, Boqvist, Bjornfot, BenningPIT: Mantha, Novak, Shea, Girard, Brazeau
    FLA 2 – 8 PIT

3rd period

  1. 3:30
    PITEvgeni Malkinwrist0.31 xG
    FLA: Greer, Luostarinen, Bjornfot, Benning, SamoskevichPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rakell, Novak, Girard
    FLA 2 – 9 PIT
  2. 8:02
    FLANoah Gregor (Sam Bennett, Matthew Tkachuk)backhand0.18 xG
    FLA: Bennett, Tkachuk, Gregor, Bjornfot, BenningPIT: Clifton, Novak, Acciari, Shea, Soderblom
    FLA 3 – 9 PIT
  3. 10:46
    FLAMackie Samoskevich (A.J. Greer)snap0.10 xG
    FLA: Forsling, Greer, Luostarinen, Samoskevich, HovorkaPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rakell, Novak, Girard
    FLA 4 – 9 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
A.J. Greer LL1112020.6311017:04——5543
Eetu Luostarinen CL1000010.1021216:21——5343
Mackie Samoskevich RL1101-130.2720014:05——5431
Matthew Tkachuk LL2011-100.0030015:41——3930
Sam Bennett CL2011-110.0101014:53——3935
Carter Verhaeghe CL2000-220.0700014:52——3318
Tomas Nosek LL3000-200.0011016:19——293
Jesper Boqvist CL3000-200.0000014:39——273
Noah Gregor LL3101-120.2101013:28——3328
Cole Reinhardt LL4011+220.1010013:19——4863
Luke Kunin CL4000+110.0121512:38——4433
Cole Schwindt RL4011+100.0020012:22——4423
Seth Jones DD1101010.0302022:43——3634
Donovan Sebrango DD1000030.1511222:42——4135
Gustav Forsling DD2011030.0401021:17——5956
Mike Benning DD2000-220.0402218:09——5338
Mikulas Hovorka DD3000000.0030017:55——3727
Tobias Bjornfot DD3000-200.0002017:20——2415
FLA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Daniil Tarasov—1293.7501.5330:07
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)L19136.6842.4229:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Evgeni Malkin CL1314061.2400018:52——7172
Rickard Rakell RL1112-150.7100017:19——6970
Tommy Novak CL1011-120.3300017:09——7671
Connor Dewar CL2011+210.0600014:22——7084
Noel Acciari CL2101+130.3401014:09——6470
Elmer Soderblom LL2112+130.4620013:18——6870
Sidney Crosby CL3022000.0001017:32——3545
Egor Chinakhov RL3011010.1400017:10——3243
Bryan Rust RL3000010.1300015:16——3545
Anthony Mantha RL4112+210.0610015:12——3954
Ben Kindel CL4000+100.0001012:10——3847
Justin Brazeau RL4000+110.0730011:37——4148
Kris Letang DD1000+110.0403020:37——5568
Samuel Girard DD1011+220.0600018:41——5569
Ryan Shea DD2101-110.0602019:24——6454
Connor Clifton DD2000-200.1221517:58——6051
Erik Karlsson DD3134+220.0901020:30——5578
Parker Wotherspoon DD3000+210.0321018:44——5677
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arturs Silovs(start)W23194.8261.6860:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Noah Gregor (FLA) 3rd 8:02 · assists Sam Bennett, Matthew Tkachuk · Rush · carried in · 14.5 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Noah Gregor · 3rd 8:02 · FLA

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
14.5 mph
Distance
4 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s

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Noel Acciari · 1st 0:20 · PIT

Play
rebound
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
11.0 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
3.2 s
Type
rebound

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A.J. Greer · 1st 7:10 · FLA

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
24.9 mph
Distance
13 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s
Type
rebound

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Seth Jones · 1st 14:31 · FLA

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1
Shot
47.4 mph
Distance
61 ft
Type
one-timer

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 8:27 · PIT

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3
Shot
8.4 mph
Distance
3 ft
Entry to goal
3.3 s
Type
rebound

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 3:30 · PIT

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
12.6 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
5.4 s

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